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Chapter 6
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My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast
stricken thy hand with a stranger, |
2
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Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art
taken with the words of thy mouth. |
3
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Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou
art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself,
and make sure thy friend. |
4
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Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine
eyelids. |
5
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Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter,
and as a bird from the hand of the fowler. |
6
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Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and
be wise: |
7
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Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, |
8
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Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her
food in the harvest. |
9
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How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou
arise out of thy sleep? |
10
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Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding
of the hands to sleep: |
11
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So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and
thy want as an armed man. |
12
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A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward
mouth. |
13
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He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet,
he teacheth with his fingers; |
14
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Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually;
he soweth discord. |
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Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly
shall he be broken without remedy. |
16
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These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are
an abomination unto him: |
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A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent
blood, |
18
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An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that
be swift in running to mischief, |
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A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth
discord among brethren. |
20
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My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake
not the law of thy mother: |
21
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Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them
about thy neck. |
22
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When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest,
it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk
with thee. |
23
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For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light;
and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: |
24
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To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery
of the tongue of a strange woman. |
25
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Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let
her take thee with her eyelids. |
26
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For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to
a piece of bread: and the adultress will hunt for the
precious life. |
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Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not
be burned? |
28
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Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned? |
29
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So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever
toucheth her shall not be innocent. |
30
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Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy
his soul when he is hungry; |
31
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But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he
shall give all the substance of his house. |
32
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But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh
understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul. |
33
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A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach
shall not be wiped away. |
34
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For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will
not spare in the day of vengeance. |
35
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He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest
content, though thou givest many gifts. |
